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Back when U.S. history and civics were taught in schools, citizens learned that an important part of preserving freedom in America is the balance...
Trump
Shortly after assuming office, former President Barack Obama famously told the Republican congressional leaders, “Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day,...
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Future of the Region South Texas, a non-profit organization encompassing a 47-county in South Texas with a mission of promoting a robust economy with...
Texas 86th Legislative Session, Texas oil & gas
The recently completed 86th legislative session was mostly good news for the Texas oil and gas industry. A state budget was crafted with no...
Water Drop
This January, as many Texans recover from the holidays and gaze into what some folks call winter here, members of the Texas Legislature will...
Trump administration gasoline vehicles
The Trump administration has announced changes to fuel efficiency requirements on a wide range of new vehicles, which is expected to hit the electric...
One of the many outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic is that the cost of shipping crude oil overseas has collapsed. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal today, the average price for chartering oil tankers has fallen by 77% since March as a result of the massive cuts in supply in response to the crash in oil prices.
These are extraordinary and unprecedented times for the oil patch. The world is awash in crude oil from the only-recently paused price war between Russia...
SHALE Featured Website Nov Dec 2018 Porter Renewable Energy Subsidies
A growing healthy economy needs cheap and abundant energy to fuel growth. That is why you hear people say they are in favor of...
WTI
(Editor’s Note: As we went about putting this issue of SHALE Magazine together, the Texas Railroad Commission had just finished a month-long process during...
Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Environmental Bill
The events of the last several months have been unprecedented. A global pandemic and oil price war unfolding at precisely the same time. Rewind to...